Blair County Family Loses House in Fire 3:40 am
A home in Blair County is being called a “Total Loss” after a fire destroyed it Friday evening. Blair County crews were called around 5:15 to the home in Frankstown Township. Three people were inside the home at the time of the fire, but were thankfully able to get out by the time Firefighters arrived.
Dennis Estep, Fire Chief of the Geeseytown Community Fire Company saying: “When we first got here, there was fire starting to come through the back side of the house. The garage had fire in it, and smoke was pushing out of the second floor on all 3 sides of the house – the back side, the side of the garage, and the front side. The house was a total loss.”
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Mar 1, 2021 2:19 PM
Multiple fire departments were dispatched to a structure fire in McCalmont Township of Jefferson County early Sunday morning.
According to the Punxsy Spirit a McCalmont Township volunteer firefighter was injured while battling the fully involved structure fire that completely destroyed a house located along Highland Park Road.
McCalmont Township fire chief, Orrie Manners said no one had lived in the home for some time. He said the owners had been renting it out but the previous tenants had moved out a year ago.
The injured firefighter was taken to Punxsutawney Area Hospital for a suspected ankle injury. The cause of the fire is undermined and the PA State Police Fire Marshal was called to investigate.
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